Ogdensburg and CSEA reach agreement for one-year contract extension

OGDENSBURG  The city and the Civil Service Employees Association salaried unit have signed a one-year extension of the unions 2013-14 contract.

CSEA President Mark E. Jacobs said the contract extension, approved Monday by the City Council, amounts to housekeeping, with several minor adjustments made.

Included in the contract is a 2 percent cost of living adjustment for the unions members  about 15 people  effective in 2015, and a clause saying that the city will purchase steel-toed safety boots for members who need them.

Mr. Jacobs said when the contract was originally crafted the code enforcement officer, housing inspector and a keyboard specialist, although part of the unit, were inadvertently left out. Those three positions were included in the salary schedule with the extension.